Beware of COVID Scam
On July 27 the South Dakota Department of Health Secretary, Malsam-Rysdon, issued a warning about a phone scam regarding COVID-19 testing. Scammers are targeting...
Medicaid Services Rate Increase Effective July 1
The General Appropriations Act provides a rate increase for most Medicaid services. Rate increases for Medicaid providers are effective July 1, 2020 for services...
Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations Reviews COVID Funding
The Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations (JCA), co-chaired by Rep. Chris Karr (R-Sioux Falls) and Sen. John Wiik (R-Big Stone City), held its second...
South Dakota Medicaid Special Payroll
On June 29, 2020 South Dakota Medicaid is processing a special payroll. Remittance advices from this payroll will be available on the SD Medicaid...
South Dakota Hospitals Make Big Impact on Patient Safety
Hot off the press is the Hospital Impact Report 2020 from Iowa Healthcare Collaborative (IHC). This report illustrates the combined 147 South Dakota and...
SD Health Care Facilities are Economic Anchors in their Communities
In 2018 South Dakota hospitals and nursing homes treated 378,697 people in their emergency departments, provided 3,185,801 outpatient visits, performed over 64,169 surgeries, delivered...
State of South Dakota Back to Normal Long-Term Care Reopening Plan
The guidelines outlined in this plan to reopen our nursing home (NH) and assisted living center (ALC) communities is a collaborative effort between the...
COVID-19 Impact on South Dakota Providers
SDAHO and Eide Bailly recently conducted a multi-phase project to evaluate economic damages of the COVID-19 pandemic on South Dakota providers. Providers were surveyed...
SD COVID-19 June 9 Economic Metrics
The South Dakota Bureau of Finance and Management released the latest COVID-19 economic metrics for South Dakota.
Highlights:
The South Dakota Department of Transportation has...
Medicaid Flexibilities Extended to December 30, 2020
The South Dakota Department of Social Services announced on May 28, the extension of previously issued Executive Orders for South Dakota (2020-07 and 2020-16)....
